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Patented Oct'. 3i, 1871..

No.12o3449.`

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PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL F. MOGOWN, OF ROGKVILLE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLY-TRAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,449, dated October31, 1871.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. MCGOWN, of Rockville, in the county ofParke and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful 11nproveinentin Fly-Trap; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap and effectiveapparatus for catching iiies; and it consists in a revolving wheel-flueand water-tank, 'arran ged and operating as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a top or plan View.Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line x .r of Fig. 1.

Similar letters ofret'erence indicate corresponding parts.

A is a bed-plate. B is a cylinder containingl clock-work, with the postof the minute-hand in an'upright position. O is a wheel attached to theminute-hand post of the clock-work. When the clock-movement is wound upthis wheel is revolved in a horizontal plane above the cylinder B. D isa tank or vessel placed above the revolving wheel, having a nue, E,passing through its bottom and extending upward therein to near the top,as seen in Fig. 2. The lower end of the flue is funnel-shaped, and isplaced at an angle with the face of the wheel, as seen in Fig. 2. Frepresents water or other liquid in the tank D. The face of the wheel Cis covered with molasses and water, or some other substance that willattract flies. The bottoni of the ue covers a section of the wheelextending from or near the center to the edge ofthe wheel, and in widthbeing equal to about halt' its length, as seen in Fig. l. The wheelrevolves inthe direction indicated by the arrow, and the rlies will becarried under the front edge of the tlue or space G without beingdisturbed; but the back edge His dropped down so near the wheel that itdisturbs the iiies. I is a glass cover to the tank. The iiies, beingdisturbed, will rise from the wheel and iiy upward toward the light,and, striking the glass, will drop to the water and be drowned. The tankis supported on an elevated table by the posts J and is readily removedfor discharging the contents. The motion ofthe wheel is regulated by aspeed-governor connected with the clock-movement in the cylinder B.

This apparatus works noiselessly and inost effect-ually for thedestruction of flies, and its advantages will at once be appreciated byall housekeepers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A trap for catching iiies, consisting of therevolving wheel C, angular iiue E, tank D, and glass top I, when thesaine are constructed and arranged to operate substantially asdescribed.

SAMUEL F. MCGOWN.

Witnesses CALvrN THoMo,

HENRY J oHNsoN. (143)

